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kthomp · Post by **kthomp** » 16 years ago

not all of the uk gets snow, i dont

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

kthomp wrote:not all of the uk gets snow, i dont

All too true I'm afraid. Hardly anywhere in England gets much snow (which is why things collapse when we see four inches (of snow!) in London). The days of skating on the Thames in Dickens day are long gone. Global warming

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Yorkie wrote:
kthomp wrote:not all of the uk gets snow, i dont
All too true I'm afraid. Hardly anywhere in England gets much snow (which is why things collapse when we see four inches (of snow!) in London). The days of skating on the Thames in Dickens day are long gone. Global warming

this past winter was pretty awful in Canada--airports across the whole country shut down, Toronto and Montreal buried in some number of metres of snow...and across the sea was London, hit by an appalling four inches (in places) of snow, totally shut down; and worst of all: those poor fellows in the House of Lords having to leave without an evening meal due to staff shortages!

Yes, we had a good

over here in N. America

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

It's all relative

I'd like to see you lot cope with a nasty drizzle! Not laughing now are you

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Yorkie wrote:It's all relative I'd like to see you lot cope with a nasty drizzle! Not laughing now are you

all in good fun

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

kjackson83 wrote:
Yorkie wrote:It's all relative I'd like to see you lot cope with a nasty drizzle! Not laughing now are you
all in good fun

I know

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Yorkie wrote:
kjackson83 wrote:
Yorkie wrote:It's all relative I'd like to see you lot cope with a nasty drizzle! Not laughing now are you
all in good fun
I know

Houston's power grid is seriously so fragile, power poles have been snapped in a vigorous wind. Some of the city is also built beneath the water table, so we flood almost catastrophically during a mid-sized thunderstorm...think of the Gloucester floods in 2003 (I think?), but once a month or so...

And people walk about with their overcoats drawn tight and massive fleets of umbrellas deployed...in the middle of that nasty drizzle

kthomp · Post by **kthomp** » 16 years ago

ohh sounds like the winter in my town lol

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

kjackson83 wrote:
Yorkie wrote:
kjackson83 wrote:
all in good fun
I know
Houston's power grid is seriously so fragile, power poles have been snapped in a vigorous wind. Some of the city is also built beneath the water table, so we flood almost catastrophically during a mid-sized thunderstorm...think of the Gloucester floods in 2003 (I think?), but once a month or so...

And people walk about with their overcoats drawn tight and massive fleets of umbrellas deployed...in the middle of that nasty drizzle

You can put a man on the moon but........

I didn't realise you got that much rain in Houston - I'm learning all the time

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Yorkie wrote:
kjackson83 wrote:
Yorkie wrote:
I know
Houston's power grid is seriously so fragile, power poles have been snapped in a vigorous wind. Some of the city is also built beneath the water table, so we flood almost catastrophically during a mid-sized thunderstorm...think of the Gloucester floods in 2003 (I think?), but once a month or so...

And people walk about with their overcoats drawn tight and massive fleets of umbrellas deployed...in the middle of that nasty drizzle
You can put a man on the moon but........

I didn't realise you got that much rain in Houston - I'm learning all the time

We probably don't get that much rain relative to a place like London, but when it rains, it literally pours--the weather around here is feast or famine, really...we had a HUMID, miserable summer last year, complained about the lack of rain...and then got railroaded (literally) by a hurricane larger than the British Isles. Be careful what you wish for...

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

London isn't one of the wetter parts of the UK - but I know what you mean

A hurricane larger than the British Isles!

! That's a lot of wind. Must be all the beans you cowboys eat

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 16 years ago

Yes, well, we've been in the worst drought for 15 years and then BAM!!! it rained. It's stopped now unfortunately, but the wind is incredible. I think we're going to be in for a rough hurricane season this year.

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

tcliffy wrote:Yes, well, we've been in the worst drought for 15 years and then BAM!!! it rained. It's stopped now unfortunately, but the wind is incredible. I think we're going to be in for a rough hurricane season this year.

My sister will be well happy then. She left the UK for the sunnier weather in Orlando

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Yorkie wrote:London isn't one of the wetter parts of the UK - but I know what you mean

A hurricane larger than the British Isles! ! That's a lot of wind. Must be all the beans you cowboys eat

no, it's some butterfly in Angola! LOL

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 16 years ago

kjackson83 wrote:
Yorkie wrote:London isn't one of the wetter parts of the UK - but I know what you mean

A hurricane larger than the British Isles! ! That's a lot of wind. Must be all the beans you cowboys eat
no, it's some butterfly in Angola! LOL

Interesting, but I've seen Blazing Saddles. I'm sticking with my bean theory